09 December 2011, 22:40
Jehovah's Witnesses fix over 1000 facts of oppressing them in Russia during two years
Within the two years that have elapsed after the Russia's Supreme Court upheld the sentence of the Rostov Regional Court on recognition of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog and a number of their publications to be extremist, the religious organization has documented and published on the Internet reports about more than 1000 incidents involving violations of the rights of believers of this confession in Russia.
Among the human rights violations committed by law enforcers against them throughout the country, Jehovah's Witnesses highlight 94 searches in homes, over 120 intrusions to worships or disrupting them, more than 500 cases of obstructing the biblical education activities of Jehovah's Witnesses, which led to more than 420 detentions or arrests. These data are presented in the press release of Jehovah's Witnesses of December 8, 2011.
Manifestations of religious intolerance from individuals had the form of 75 attacks on believers, 62 cases of vandalism, including arsons of liturgical buildings, as well as of numerous episodes of discrimination of believers by employers and teachers, as calculated by the organization.
The website of Jehovah's Witnesses presents a map of violations of their rights in Russia, specified by types of offences.
Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" wrote that from June 1, 2010, to April 30, 2011, in Southern Russia, Jehovah's Witnesses registered 62 cases of intolerance towards adherents of this religious organization - 17 in the NCFD and 45 - in the Southern Federal District (SFD).
